Hedy Korbee, Author at Birch Cliff News

15 Jul 2012

Severe storm floods Birch Cliff

July 25, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Crescentwood Rd, floods, sewage, sewers, Ward 36

Torrential rain flooded streets, backed up sewers and destroyed basements in Birch Cliff on Sunday, leaving homeowners with a terrible mess to clean up. The rain also caused a mudslide on Danforth Avenue between Warden...

12 Jul 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day – July 12, 2012

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
development, Kingston Road

Here is the photo of the Day for July 12, 2012. This development at the southwest corner of Kingston and Birchmount was controversial in the beginning. I'm wondering what everybody thinks of it now. Do we need...

11 Jul 2012

Condos, News, Sports, The Quarry

Golfers pin hopes on Mayor

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Beach Fairway, Build Toronto, CCQLD, Conservatory Group, driving range, Gary Crawford, golf, golfers, Quarry, Rob Ford

The owners of the Beach Fairway Golf Range hope a last-ditch meeting with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will put a stop to plans to close the driving range and build a housing and retail...

11 Jul 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day – July 11, 2012

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
golf, hunt club

The Photo of the Day for July 11, 2012 was taken just inside the entrance of The Toronto Hunt, the private 9-hole golf course. The original Hunt Club was established in 1843 by British army...

10 Jul 2012

City Services, News

Scarborough subway not dead

July 11, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
karen stinz, mayor rob ford, scarborough rt, subway, toronto council, transit, ttc

City Council will be asked tomorrow to begin a study that could designate two projects as transit priorities for Toronto: the extension of the Bloor -Danforth subway into Scarborough (replacing the Scarborough RT), and...

10 Jul 2012

History, Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day July 10 2012

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Birchcliff Theatre, film, history

Wouldn't it be great if we could still walk down the street and go see a movie on the big screen in the heart of Birch Cliff? The photo of the day for July 10,...

09 Jul 2012

News

Birch Cliff solidly middle class

July 10, 2012
By Hedy Korbee

"Toronto’s middle-class suburbs of the 1970s have turned into “urban deserts” of growing poverty while the city centre has become an enclave for the ultra rich." And so begins an article in today's Toronto Star...

09 Jul 2012

News, Real Estate

June real estate prices

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
homes, house prices, housing, prices, real estate, Toronto Real Estate Board

By Michael McCann In the month of June this year the average selling price of a Birchcliff/Cliffside home was $515,846, which is a drop of 5.1% compared to last June's average selling price of $543,785....

09 Jul 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day July 9 2012

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee

Here is the Birch Cliff photo of the day for July 9, 2012. Can anyone guess where it was taken? It may not look familiar, but yes, it was taken in Birch Cliff!

07 Jul 2012

News

What’s wrong with this picture?

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Blantyre Pool, Scarborough, swim, swimming pools

After three straight days of an extreme heat alert in Toronto, I saw the tweet below from one of our twitter followers @WeAreBirchCliff. It’s a photo of the line-up at Blantyre Pool in the midst...